About Erik Buijs

Erik Buijs has a close bond with the spontaneous work of children. His oeuvre has a strong signature. Roughly sketched with his fingers, primeval men end up in various situations. They are often small men with large heads and floppy ears. Where there could be a mouth, there is nothing. Without much thought and without a plan, they have rolled out of his clay hands, although the model has often ultimately been transferred to aluminium or bronze. Carelessly, his fingers have searched for the figures that are to come. Men, evolving from characters to types. They are surprised, cheerful, sullen or attentive and yet not. They never completely reveal what they stand for. They are chunky and stocky. The sculpture Wacht consists of an enormous bone that rests on a stone on one side. On the other side sits a figure, inviting you to take a seat.